Coptic Cairo
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: part of Old Cairo which encompasses Coptic churches and historical sites
- Historically known as: “Qaṣr al-šamaʿ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ben Ezra Synagogue and Coptic Museum.
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Photo: Zerida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Levantines, is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Fustat part of Old Cairo, Egypt.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 150 metres west of Coptic Cairo.
Saint Barbara Church
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Barbara is one of the many famous Coptic Orthodox parishes that can be found in the district of Coptic Cairo. The building is located on the eastern part of the Babylon Fortress and is one of the oldest buildings in Cairo, dating back to the 5th or 6th century AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 2½ km north of Coptic Cairo.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Coptic Cairo
- Categories: human settlement, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.00626° or 30° 0′ 23″ northLongitude
31.23184° or 31° 13′ 55″ eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open location code
8G2H264J+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 28827708OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11495792Wikidata ID
Q3438824
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Coptic Cairo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القاهرة القبطية”
- Arabic: “القاهره القبطيه”
- Arabic: “قصر الشمع” (historical)
- Catalan: “Caire Copte”
- Chinese: “开罗科普特老城”
- Croatian: “Koptski Kairo”
- Dutch: “Coptic Cairo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القاهرة القبطية”
- Egyptian Arabic: “القاهره القبطيه”
- Esperanto: “Kopta Kairo”
- French: “Caire copte”
- French: “Le Caire copte”
- German: “Koptisch-Kairo”
- Greek: “Κοπτικό Κάιρο”
- Hebrew: “הרובע הקופטי של קהיר”
- Indonesian: “Kairo Koptik”
- Irish: “Caireo Choptach”
- Italian: “Cairo copta”
- Japanese: “コプティックカイロ”
- Japanese: “コプト地区”
- Korean: “콥틱 카이로”
- Maltese: “Kajr Koptu”
- Portuguese: “Cairo Copta”
- Romanian: “Cairo creștin”
- Russian: “Коптский Каир”
- Slovenian: “Koptski Kairo”
- Spanish: “Barrio copto de El Cairo”
- Swedish: “Koptiska Kairo”
- Tamil: “கோப்திய கெய்ரோ”
- Urdu: “قبطی قاہرہ”
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